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FMS boys? track competes in Burlington

The Fairfield Middle School seventh and eighth-grade boys? track teams ran at the Burlington Middle School Invite Tuesday.

The seventh-grade team finished in second place with 106 points. The 4x400-meter relay team, featuring Nickel Iseman, Brian Parcell, Carson Crile and Caden Jones, finished in first place with the time of 4:38. Austin Simpson won the shot put.

The 4x100-meter relay team, comprised of Parcell, Brittan Bowman, Cole Engle and Collin Breen, finished in second place with the time of 1:20. The 800 medley relay team also earned second place. A.J. Pohren finished third in the 200-meter hurdles.

The eighth-grade team finished in fourth place with 80 team points.

The 4x800-meter relay team, comprised of Hunter Bechtel, Darren Roberts, Aaron Haines and Mex Sullivan, earned first place with the time of 10:43.

Sullivan earned second place in the 800-meter run, while the 1600-meter relay team also finished second. Derek Beasley, Orion Reilly, Hunter Hoskins and Bowen Richmond ran the 1600.

Bechtel finished third in the 1600-meter run with the time of 5:43. Steeler Higdon placed third in the shot put competition.

Coast to Coast Baseball to hold tryout camps

Coast to Coast Baseball will be holding a tryout and a hitting camp at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls April 26.

The tryout is at noon and the hitting camp starts at 3 p.m. Players ages 14-18 are invited.

Staff members will evaluate players at the tryout. Instructors at this camp include college coaches and professional scouts.

Since the summer of 2001, more than 3,000 athletes from 46 different states have participated in the Coast to Coast Baseball program. Players accepted into the program will join coaches at the Roger Dean Complex in Jupiter, Fla., for games and instruction.

To register for one or both camps, visit www.coasttocoastathletics.com or call the office at 740-373-4455.

Point guard transfers to Iowa

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa has signed junior college point guard Trey Dickerson to a letter of intent.

Dickerson, a 6-foot-1 native of Queens, N.Y., will three years of eligibility for the Hawkeyes.

Dickerson averaged 19.8 points, 5.7 assists and 3.5 rebounds last season for Williston State College in North Dakota. He was rated among the nation?s top junior college point guards and should play immediately for coach Fran McCaffery.

Iowa will also bring back starting point guard Mike Gesell, though Gesell often plays shooting guard as well.

McCaffery says Dickerson is a quick and creative point guard who can score and excel in transition.

Dickerson and freshmen Brady Ellingson and Dominque Uhl will be newcomers for Iowa next season.

Forward transferring to Drake University

DES MOINES (AP) ? Northwestern forward Kale Abrahamson is transferring to Drake after two seasons with the Wildcats.

The 6-foot-7 Abrahamson is a native of West Des Moines. He started 11 games at Northwestern last season and averaged 3.8 points, including a 19-point performance against UCLA.

Coach Ray Giacoletti says Abrahamson is a proven scorer with valuable Big Ten experience.

Abrahamson scored 18.4 points a game for Valley High in 2011-12 and was a first-team All-State pick.